SC - Pepper with fruit
Nick Sasso (fra niccolo)
grizly at mindspring.com
Thu Aug 28 14:43:44 PDT 1997
GARNER at admin.hnc.edu wrote:
> re: the black pepper in odd places syndrome -- I am frequently asked
> about the lovely spices used to season my shortbread: the exotic
> esoteric spices I use are salt and pepper.
A sure sign of affluence to be sure!! Black Pepper was used in several
Western European cultures in copious amounts in strange places as a
'subtle' display of extravegance and wealth/generosity to the guests.
Even when the pepper seemed out of place (eg shortbread).
niccolo
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